Improvement in whip-ferrules



D. AVERY.

WHIPFERR'ULE.

"Patented April 4, 187e'.

IIYEITUII VITIIESSES ATTNMEYS.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEXTER AVERY, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-FERRULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,639, dated April 4,1876; application filed February 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, DEXTER AVERY, of the cityo f Westield, Hampden county, and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and Improved Whip-Button, of which the following is aspecification l My improved Whip-button7 is constructed with thebraided, Woven, or knitted cover of thread turned or folded over the endof the wood or other mold into the hole for the stock, so as to make abetter tinish of the ends than is made when the button is covered afterbe ing put on the stocks, and also to make nishedbuttonsindependentlyofthe stock, which cannot be done in the common wayof covering them.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the partlynished button, showing theprocess ot' making it. Fig. 2 is a section of a button partly finished.Fig. 3 is a section of a finished button applied to a stock; and Fig. 4is a section of a long double button on a whip-handle, showing the coverapplied to the short or single buttons.

Commonly the button-molds A are fitted on the stock before it iscovered, and covered at the same time that the stock is, by braiding,knitting, Weaving, 0r otherwise 5 but this does not make a good finish,and, besides, it is desirable to make iinished or covered buttonsindependently of the stock, because they can be colored diierently tomake a contrast of colors, and it is desirable for other purposes tomake and sell them separately from the stock.

I therefore put the molds A on a mandrel, B, and braid, Weave, orotherwise form the cover C o n them, and then, after taking out themandrel and sizing the cover, turn it in at D, and press or shape itsmooth and close against the inside, so as to stick fast, thus makingbraided, knitted, or Woven buttons...independently ot' the stock, andwith nicely-iinshed ends E. In case of a long handle or doublebuttonpece, F, a mandrel Will tit into each end instead of goingentirely through; but the cover C will be applied and finished in thesalue manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved article of manufacture, consisting ot' a whip-button, eithersingle or double, having a braided, knitted, or Woven cover formed upona mold and doubled over the ends into the holes, substantially as setforth.

DEXTER AVERY. Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

